James Bernard (politician)

James Bernard (8 December 1729 – 7 July 1790)[1] was an Irish politician and ancestor of the Earls of Bandon.

He was the son of Major North Ludlow Bernard and his first wife Rose Echlin, and grandson of Francis Bernard, a Solicitor-General for Ireland and Member of Parliament and his wife Alice Ludlow.[2] Bernard represented Cork County in the Irish House of Commons from 1781 until his death in 1790.[1]

He married Esther Smyth, youngest daughter of Percy Smyth of Headborough, son of Sir Percy Smyth of Ballynatray, Co. Waterford.[3] They had five daughters and a son, Francis, who was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Earl of Bandon.[2]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
2. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 74.
3. "ThePeerage - James Bernard". Retrieved 27 March 2009.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Richard Townsend Sir Robert Deane, 6th Bt	Member of Parliament for Cork County 1781–1790 With: Richard Townsend 1781–1783 Robert King, Viscount Kingsborough 1783–1790	Succeeded by Robert King, Viscount Kingsborough Abraham Morris